1911 Census:
Charles Ernest Johnson, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, and aged 16, was employed as a printer's apprentice. He was visiting 9, St. Werburgh's Churchyard, Derby, with his father, George Henry Johnson, a caretaker, his mother, Clara Johnson, and his sister, Alice Agnes Johnson. This was the home of John Burton, a Midland Railway timekeeper.

There appears to be no evidence of Charles Ernest Johnson having died whilst on active service.